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donsteff
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October 19, 2017
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Import Sequence not working after Oct 17 update

  • October 19, 2017
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I have updated CC today. I'm sharing work with a colleague via importing sequences. This has worked perfectly until today, could be a bug to do with the new multiple projects feature?

Premiere opens the Import Project dialog as usual:

Then, as usual, I select the sequence I want to import:

Click OK...

... and nothing happens.

We have tried to import sequences from updated and previous versions of CC. We used the Import... dialog as well as dragging and dropping from the Media Browser. We tried a different machine (MacPro 5,1 & iMac 5K Retina Late 2015), both running OSX Sierra 10.12.6

Please help! It's a live project and we'll loose a day's work if we have to revert to the last version of CC.

Thanks!

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    Correct answer Ale_Zakko

    Hey guys! it seems that in the new release (12.1), the problem was solved. Do you confirm? i tried quickly on my mac with an example workaround and everything works well! What about on windows?

    Many thanks!

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    Evan2001
    Participant
    March 7, 2018

    Big Bug when importing.

    I'm on the latest Premiere, Win10.

    Can not import a XML (From Resolve)

    Can not import a timeline from another project.

    Bin stays blank.

    I can not downgrade due to clients using this version.

    Any thoughts?

    -Evan

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    Eli Odegaard
    Participant
    March 1, 2018

    Hey Adobe!  Still have this problem several months later .  I've literally waisted hours at a time trying to find workarounds and solutions.  Can you please fix sequence importing? It's a MAJOR ISSUE to professional workflow and I'm sure we'd all love to see a solution ASAP.

    Thanks!

    - eli

      Peru Bob
      Community Expert
      Peru BobCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 2, 2018

      You can tell it directly to Adobe here:

      Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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      FC_editor
      Participant
      March 2, 2018

      Yes! It's very important that we all file a bug report!

      Feel free to give Adobe feedback about Stefan's lack of politeness and knowledge as well.

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      ConnorBetts
      Participant
      February 23, 2018

      This bug is extremely frustrating for me because I use Plural Eyes by Red Giant to sync up my audio/video files. It produces an .xml file that I'm not able to actually get to import to Premiere.

      Submitted a bug report.

        PsiHovno
        PsiHovno
        Participant
        February 24, 2018

        This exact same thing is happening to me. Please fix this!!

        unique_member5DBB
        unique_member5DBB
        Participant
        February 21, 2018

        I had the same problem with adobe premiere 2018 12.0.1. After trying almost all the recommendations above I could not get it to work.

        On the end what worked for me was to reset all preference (by launching premiere and holding shift + alt). I hope this helps. Windows 10, PC. Not sure why but it seems to work as before.

        Options: Import entire project

                       Create folder for imported items (checked)

                       Allow importing duplicate media (unchecked, as soon as I check this one I get nothing, don't know why)

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        Evan2001
        Participant
        March 7, 2018

        This worked for me!

        benfth
        benfth
        Known Participant
        February 20, 2018

        I am having this issue on my MacBook Pro running 10.13.13. I was able to solve it by opening up the project whose sequence I wanted and dragging-by-copying the sequence into my working project. Fortunately, I have not seen any duplication issues as some other users did. Still, it'd be preferable for the import to work through media browser rather than to have to use this workaround, which seems to have potential for problems.*  Making a bug report.

        *I was wrong. It did duplicate media, which is a pain. Fortunately, this is a lightweight project, but that's just my good fortune today. Fix this!

          sanchesto
          sanchesto
          Known Participant
          February 21, 2018

          At this point, I feel it is disingenuous for Adobe to include this non-working feature in Premiere.  This feature is very broken and does not work for a large section of users. Plus telling us to use Team Projects just adds insult to injury.

            robertstonefilm
            robertstonefilm
            Known Participant
            February 15, 2018

            This is getting ridiculous. This is a SERIOUS problem with the 2018 update that we're all experiencing and still no response from Adobe. They removed a feature that was working fine and have created a huge headache for anyone sharing projects in Premier. Perhaps this is an effort to force us to use Team Projects, which I would do if that too wasn't still so full of bugs (I tried it last year). Team projects is also very expensive. ADOBE ARE YOU LISTENING??? PLEASE RESPOND!

            sanchesto
            sanchesto
            Known Participant
            February 15, 2018

            Plus the Teams route is not an option due to security restrictions.

            I did try shared projects and still got duplicate media when I imported a read-only sequence into my project.

            nathanm93927378
            nathanm93927378
            Participant
            February 15, 2018

            There's a simple workaround, use the media browser instead of import how you normally would. Once you locate the project and sequence you need, right click the sequence and click import and it should work.

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            RyanPatch
            Inspiring
            February 15, 2018

            Media Browser doesn't work as it creates duplicate clips in project.


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            GeorgeBuhnici
            Participant
            February 15, 2018

            Today I've made the update of Premiere to 12.0.1 and I found that i can't import a project in another project.

            So, the workaround for me it was:

            - File - Import - (Choose the Project)

            - The pop-up window Import Project appears: uncheck the box that says "Allow importing duplicate media"

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            micks85179271
            Participant
            February 14, 2018

            I haven't read everyone's comments here so forgive me if someone has already said this and debunked it. But, it seems to me that the "multiple projects open at a time" feature PP 2018 allows you to drag and drop sequences into one project to another. I use the Dynamic Link Server with my assistant editor all the time and I too found this to be an issue with 2018 but I found that if you drag a sequence from Project B to Project A it will import the sequence, and all the files associated with that sequence into the destination. Now, I'm not sure how this works with duplicate media but I'll let someone smarter than me help with that question.

            Again, I apologize if this have already been said. 

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            RyanPatch
            Inspiring
            February 14, 2018

            Hey micks85179271.... yes, please do read all the replies before you offer a solution.  This solution has already been discussed and doesn't work because -

            a) Yes, you can do that, but it still stands that there's a menu option ("Import Project") that is now broken.  If they wanted us to do it this new way only, they should have taken this option out.

            b) When you import by dragging from project to project, it doesn't identify duplicate media files, and hence double-imports clips you may already have in project.  When working with multiple editors on a large project, this is untenable, and more frustrating because it is a feature that has been offered for years, and then BROKE - it's not like a feature that we're demanding be added.

            It's also worth noting that many errors in Premiere are solved by just opening a new project and importing old project into new as sort of a "Refresh".  Without this function, this workaround no longer exists.

            I also agree with alex96996450 that Stefan's reply was condescending, and didn't properly address Francisco's question.  "Hey, are you not aware that since 2017 a workaround has existed, that both introduces more issues to your project and actually doesn't answer your question?!!"

            Cool, Stefan.  Thanks.


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              rasterblaster99
              rasterblaster99
              Inspiring
              February 8, 2018

              The only way that works is to open both projects and drag and drop your sequenc. Unfortunately you still get lots of recovered clips and duplicate media. But this is the only way I’ve found to success import seq.

              sanchesto
              sanchesto
              Known Participant
              February 8, 2018

              Yes, resorted to "importing" projects this way since the Import Sequence does not work.  It's an ugly workaround since it also brings in all the media/bins as well.  My quick fix is to mark existing bins as good so I can easily identify the imported bins.  Then I move the imported bins into a new bin and hide it.

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